The Special Counsel has requested a gag order from the judge in the Trump classified papers case

Prosecutors from the Special Counsel’s office requested on Friday that a federal judge in Florida impose a gag order on Donald Trump, preventing him from speaking further about the search of his Mar-a-Lago club by law police.

The former president has falsely and frequently condemned the FBI for having a protocol in place regarding the use of deadly force during the search and seizure of federal materials at his property in August 2022. This request is the first in the instance of mishandled secret documents.

Although Trump has informed his supporters that the policy may have put him in risk, it is routine procedure for FBI searches and places restrictions on the use of force by agents. In a different inquiry involving secret materials, President Joe Biden’s residences and offices were searched under the same regular FBI protocol.

In a brief submitted on Friday night, Jack Smith’s special counsel’s attorneys suggested that the terms allowing Trump to avoid jail time while awaiting trial be revised.

In addition to having to deal with Trump’s continuing presidential campaign and the First Amendment, the proposal will put Cannon in the middle of a highly emotional and politicized legal struggle as prosecutors increase their worries about procedures under her supervision. There is no scheduled trial date for Trump’s criminal mismanagement and obstruction of justice case before her, and the judge has proceeded slowly on resolving disputes thus far.

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Prosecutors claim that the gag order is necessary to safeguard the credibility of the criminal case and the law enforcement personnel involved. They said that the ex-president’s provocative remarks would lead his followers to take revenge on federal agents, some of whom might be case witnesses.

Prosecutors noted that Trump had repeatedly misrepresented the case as an attempt to kill him, his family, and Secret Service agents, endangering the law enforcement personnel working on the case’s investigation and prosecution as well as the proceedings’ integrity.

They went on to say that his new remarks “invite the sort of threats and harassment that have occurred when other participants in legal proceedings against Trump have been targeted by his invective.”

Several pages of documentation controlling FBI search protocol and policies when they traveled to Mar-a-Lago, including the use of deadly force policy, were made public this week in the federal court case of Trump. The documents also state that agents will dress in business casual, unmarked clothing, and that if Trump happens to show up at Mar-a-Lago while the search is underway, the site’s leadership will talk with him and his Secret Service entourage.

Reaction from Trump’s group

Prosecutors claim that Trump’s attorneys informed them that they disagreed with the special counsel’s office reacting to the president’s recent statements made to the court late on Memorial Day weekend, as well as any limitations on his capacity to comment on law enforcement personnel involved in the investigation.

Prosecutors stated in the document, “They do not believe that there is any imminent danger, and asked to meet and confer next Monday.”

A person familiar with Trump’s strategy told CNN that his legal team is getting ready to reply in court over the weekend.

In the course of the search on his Truth Social account on Friday, prosecutors observed that Trump has been exaggerating his criticisms of the FBI.

In a fundraising email released on Tuesday, Trump’s team stated that he “nearly escaped death” at Mar-a-Lago and that FBI agents were “locked and loaded.”

In reaction to the prosecutors’ request on Friday night, Trump’s campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung stated that the Biden administration’s “Hacks and Thugs are obsessed with trying to deprive President Trump and all American voters of their First Amendment rights.”

It is obvious that attempts to silence President Trump on multiple occasions during the campaign are attempts to sway the outcome of the election.

Increasing retaliation against Trump’s remarks

In the Justice Department’s Friday appeal to the court, Cannon is specifically asked to modify Trump’s terms of his pre-trial release from jail in order to limit his capacity to make comments about law enforcement.

That is not the same strategy as the special counsel’s office used to try to get restrictions on what Trump may say in a federal court in Washington, DC on his 2020 election lawsuit.

According to people familiar with the case, it may have more serious consequences and be under the supervision of court probation officials in addition to the Justice Department.

Attorney General Merrick Garland responded directly to President Trump’s accusations on the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday. “It is quite dangerous, and that accusation is untrue. The Justice Department’s general guideline restricting the use of force is the document that is being alluded to in the complaint, according to Garland.

“It is a standard operating plan for searches, as advised by the FBI,” Garland stated. “And in fact, President Biden’s home was searched consensually using it.”

The FBI confirmed the same points in a statement last week, demonstrating the alarm that Trump’s comments have caused among federal law enforcement.

Due to concerns about threats and harassment, the prosecutors in Trump’s case involving sensitive data were able to convince the judge to keep the names of FBI agents involved in the Mar-a-Lago search hidden in recent court documents.

Since the Mar-a-Lago search almost two years ago, the FBI and Justice Department have faced several threats, especially after Trump spread misinformation about the federal law enforcement strategy. For example, following the search, a man who was a frequent commenter on Trump’s social media platform attempted to threaten the FBI’s Cincinnati field office.

Gagging orders prohibiting Trump from discussing witnesses, prospective jurors, and staff members involved in his lawsuits have been maintained by courts outside of Florida due to, among other things, the threats and harassment his remarks have incited.

Trump’s capacity to make public remarks is still restricted by his pending trials in New York, where he is being held in contempt and has been fined ten times for breaking the gag order, and his federal court case involving election meddling in Washington, DC, where he is awaiting trial.

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